CN101286297B - Organic light-emitting display and its drive method - Google Patents
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Abstract
A display includes a pixel having an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor controlling a connection between a data line and a first node, a second transistor controlling a connection between the first node and a third node, a third transistor controlling a connection between the second node and the third node, a fourth transistor controlling a connection between a first power source and the first node, a fifth transistor controlling a connection between the third node and the organic light emitting diode, a storage capacitor coupled between an i-1 th light emitting control line and the second node, and a boosting capacitor coupled between the i th scan line and the second node.
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Technical field
Embodiment relates to a kind of pixel of deterioration of compensation for drive transistor, a kind of OLED and driving method that uses this pixel.
Background technology
In the manufacturing and the operation of display (for example, being used for reproducing the display of text, image, video etc.), very the operation of the pixel element of desired display device is consistent.Yet, can be difficult to provide this uniform operation.For example, in some display techniques (for example, those utilize the EL structure such as Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)), the operating characteristic of pixel element can change in time.Therefore, the display that needs a kind of change of the operating characteristic that be suitable for the compensation pixel element.
Summary of the invention
Therefore; The invention reside in these shortcomings that solve prior art; Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of characteristic of the deterioration that can improve driving transistors and show OLED and the driving method of OLED of the image of gray level simultaneously with expectation.
One embodiment of the present of invention realize that through a kind of OLED is provided said OLED comprises: scanner driver is used for sequentially sweep signal being provided to sweep trace and sequentially led control signal being provided to the light emitting control line; Data driver is used for data-signal is provided to data line; Pixel is arranged in the point of crossing of sweep trace, data line and light emitting control line, and wherein, each pixel comprises: Organic Light Emitting Diode; Transistor seconds is used to control the amount of the electric current that is provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode; Holding capacitor is combined between the gate electrode of i-1 (i is an integer) light emitting control line and transistor seconds; The first transistor is combined between the firstth electrode of i sweep trace, data line and transistor seconds, when sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, and the first transistor conducting; The 3rd transistor is combined between the gate electrode and second electrode of transistor seconds, when sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, and the 3rd transistor turns.
Preferably, each pixel also comprises boost capacitor, and said boost capacitor is combined between the gate electrode and i sweep trace of transistor seconds.Each pixel also comprises: the 4th transistor, be combined between the transistor seconds and first power supply, and when time-out is provided to i light emitting control line with led control signal, the 4th transistor turns; The 5th transistor is combined between second electrode and Organic Light Emitting Diode of transistor seconds, when time-out is provided to i light emitting control line with led control signal, and the 5th transistor turns.Scanner driver provides led control signal that is provided to i light emitting control line and the sweep signal that is provided to i-1 sweep trace and i sweep trace, makes that led control signal can be overlapping with sweep signal.When led control signal was provided to i-1 light emitting control line, the magnitude of voltage of i-1 light emitting control line was set to be higher than the magnitude of voltage that when time-out is provided to the i sweep trace with sweep signal, is provided to the i sweep trace.The electric capacity that holding capacitor has is higher than the electric capacity of boost capacitor.
Another embodiment of the present invention realizes through a kind of method that is used to drive OLED is provided; Said OLED comprises having the gate electrode that is combined in driving transistors and the pixel of the holding capacitor between i-1 (i is an integer) the light emitting control line; Said method comprises: led control signal is provided to i-1 light emitting control line, with the voltage of the gate electrode that increases driving transistors; Time-out is provided to led control signal i-1 light emitting control line and simultaneously sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, so that the voltage corresponding with the threshold voltage of data-signal and driving transistors is charged in the holding capacitor; To be provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode with the voltage current corresponding that charges in the holding capacitor.
Preferably; The said method that is used to drive OLED also comprises: adopt the boost capacitor between the gate electrode that is arranged in i sweep trace and driving transistors, be used for when the voltage that suspends the gate electrode of increase driving transistors when sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace.When led control signal was provided to i-1 light emitting control line, the magnitude of voltage of i-1 light emitting control line was set to be higher than the magnitude of voltage that when time-out is provided to the i sweep trace with sweep signal, is provided to the i sweep trace.The electric capacity of holding capacitor is set to be higher than the electric capacity of boost capacitor.
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Through describing example embodiment in detail with reference to accompanying drawing, the top feature and advantage with other will become more obvious to those skilled in the art, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the synoptic diagram according to the OLED of embodiment;
Fig. 2 shows the sweep signal that provided by the scanner driver shown in Fig. 1 and the signal waveform of led control signal;
Fig. 3 shows the schematic circuit according to the pixel of embodiment.
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The title of submitting in Korea S Department of Intellectual Property on April 10th, 2007 is that the full content of the 10-2007-0035008 korean patent application of " Organic LightEmitting Display and Driving Method of Organic Light Emitting Display (driving method of OLED and OLED) " is contained in this by reference.
Now, will come to describe more fully example embodiment with reference to accompanying drawing hereinafter; Yet example embodiment can be implemented with different forms, should not be interpreted as to be limited to the embodiment that sets forth here.On the contrary, provide these embodiment to make that the disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will convey to those skilled in the art to scope of the present invention fully.
In the accompanying drawings, for illustrate clear for the purpose of, can exaggerate the layer with the zone size, perhaps can omit element.Should also be understood that when layer or element be called as " " another layer or substrate " on " time, it can be directly in another layer or substrate, perhaps also can have the middle layer.In addition, it should be understood that when layer be called as " " another layer is when " below ", it can be directly below another layer, and also can have one or more middle layers.In addition, should also be understood that when layer be called as " " two layers " between " time, can perhaps also can there be one or more middle layers in it for the unique layer between two layers.
Similarly, illustrated as being coupled at element under the situation of second element, this element can directly be attached to second element, perhaps can be incorporated into second element through one or more other interelement access nodes.In addition, illustrated as being coupled at element under the situation of second element, it should be understood that these elements can be electrical connection, for example, under the situation of transistor, capacitor, power supply, node etc.Illustrated as being coupled at two or more elements under the situation of node, said element can directly be attached to node, maybe can combine through the conductive features of shared this node.Therefore, be described or be depicted as under the situation with the two or more elements that are attached to the common point place, it should be understood that said element can be incorporated into each some place on the conductive features that extends between each point at embodiment.Identical label is represented components identical all the time.
As here use, in the transistorized context about PMOS, when sweep signal was described to be provided, said sweep signal had low (LOW) polarity, and when sweep signal is described to be stopped when providing, said sweep signal has height (HIGH) polarity.In addition, when led control signal was described to be provided, said led control signal had HIGH polarity, and when led control signal was described to be stopped, said led control signal had LOW polarity.When signal is described to when overlapping, said signal is side by side provided.
Can use Organic Light Emitting Diode to produce light according to the OLED of embodiment, said Organic Light Emitting Diode can be launched the light corresponding with the magnitude of current that is provided by driving transistors.Yet driving transistors can be in time and deterioration.Therefore, can come the deterioration of compensation for drive transistor through the voltage that during the part of a frame, increases the gate electrode of driving transistors according to the OLED of embodiment.Specifically, said OLED can be come the characteristic of the deterioration of compensation for drive transistor through the gate electrode that during the part of a frame, high voltage is applied to driving transistors.
The image that can also show gray level according to the OLED of embodiment through the voltage of node that uses the boost capacitor increase to be attached to the gate electrode of driving transistors with expectation.On the contrary, when data-signal is charged in the capacitor parasitics that is present in the data line, when being provided to holding capacitor then, traditional display can not show have the expectation gray level image of (for example, black gray level).Therefore, in traditional OLED,, capacitor parasitics in data line and the electric charge between the holding capacitor can be stored in the holding capacitor because sharing the voltage of the voltage that causes being lower than expectation.This can hinder traditional OLED and show the image with expectation gray level.
Fig. 1 shows the synoptic diagram according to the OLED 100 of embodiment.With reference to Fig. 1, OLED 100 can comprise pixel cell 30, and pixel cell 30 comprises the pixel 40 at the place, point of crossing that is formed on sweep trace S1 to Sn, data line D1 to Dm and light emitting control line E1 to En.Display 100 can also comprise the scanner driver 10 that is used for driven sweep line S1 to Sn and light emitting control line E1 to En, be used for the data driver 20 of driving data lines D1 to Dm and be used for gated sweep driver 10 and the time schedule controller 50 of data driver 20.
For the i horizontal line, the pixel 40 that is arranged in the i horizontal line can be incorporated into i sweep trace Si, i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1 and i light emitting control line Ei.In an embodiment (not shown), the pixel 40 that is arranged in first horizontal line can be incorporated into the 0th light emitting control line E0.
Fig. 3 shows the schematic circuit according to the pixel 40 of embodiment.In Fig. 3, example pixel 40 be attached to i sweep trace Si, j data line Dj (j is for from 1 to m natural number, comprise 1 and m), i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1 and i light emitting control line Ei.
With reference to Fig. 3, pixel 40 can include OLED OLED and the image element circuit 42 that is used to control the amount of the electric current that is provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.When sweep signal was provided to sweep trace Si, image element circuit 42 can be controlled the amount of the electric current that is provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED according to the data-signal that is provided to data line Dj.Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light with predetermined luminance according to the electric current that provides from image element circuit 42.That Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED for example can produce is red, a kind of color in green or the blueness.
The anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be incorporated into image element circuit 42, and the negative electrode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be incorporated into second source ELVSS.The voltage of second source ELVSS can be set to be lower than the voltage of the first power supply ELVDD.
First electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be attached to second electrode of the first transistor M1 through the first node N1, and second electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be attached to the 5th transistorized first electrode through the 3rd node N3.The gate electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be incorporated into the second node N2.Transistor seconds M2 can be provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED with electric current, and said electric current is corresponding to the voltage that is applied to the second node N2.
First electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be attached to second electrode of transistor seconds M2 through the 3rd node N3, and second electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be incorporated into the second node N2.Therefore the 3rd transistor M3 can be constructed to connect (diode-connect) transistor seconds M2 with diode.The gate electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be incorporated into sweep trace Si.When the LOW sweep signal was provided to sweep trace Si, the 3rd transistor M3 can conducting.
First electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be incorporated into the first power supply ELVDD.Second electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be incorporated into the first node N1, makes that second electrode of the 4th transistor M4 is the same with second electrode of the first transistor M1, is attached to first electrode of transistor seconds M2.The gate electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be incorporated into i light emitting control line Ei.When the HIGH led control signal was not provided, the 4th transistor M4 can conducting, that is, the 4th transistor M4 can be by the LOW signal conduction.The 4th transistor M4 can be attached to the first power supply ELVDD through the first node N1 with first electrode of transistor seconds M2.
First electrode of the 5th transistor M5 can be attached to second electrode of transistor seconds M2 through the 3rd node N3, and second electrode of the 5th transistor M5 can be incorporated into the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.The gate electrode of the 5th transistor M5 can be incorporated into i light emitting control line Ei.When the HIGH led control signal was not provided, the 5th transistor M5 can conducting, that is, the 5th transistor M5 can be by the LOW signal conduction.The 5th transistor M5 can be attached to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED second electrode of transistor seconds M2 through the 3rd node N3.
Holding capacitor Cst can be combined between the second node N2 and the i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1.Holding capacitor Cst can charge into the voltage corresponding with data-signal.Holding capacitor Cst can be transferred to the second node N2 with the amount of the voltage of the change of i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1, as is described in more detail below.
Boost capacitor Cb can be combined between the sweep trace Si and the second node N2.When stopping that sweep signal is provided to sweep trace Si, that is, when sweep signal changed HIGH into, boost capacitor Cb can increase by the voltage of the second node N2.
Now, will come to describe in more detail the operation of OLED with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, in the beginning of very first time section T1, can the HIGH led control signal be provided to i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1, the feasible voltage that is set to the second node N2 of floating state increases.
Along with the voltage increase of the second node N2, the voltage of the gate electrode of transistor seconds M2 can increase.Therefore, can improve the characteristic of the deterioration of transistor seconds M2.For example, if during the time period of a frame (for example), back biased voltage is applied to transistor seconds M2, then can compensate the characteristic of the deterioration of transistor seconds M2 when the time period that led control signal is provided to i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1.
With reference to Fig. 2, sweep signal can have the 4th voltage V4, and led control signal can have tertiary voltage V3.The voltage of tertiary voltage V3 can be set to be higher than the 4th voltage V4.For example, the value of tertiary voltage V3 can be higher than the 4th voltage V4 and the 3rd transistor M3 threshold voltage with.Therefore, when the HIGH led control signal was provided to i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1, the 3rd transistor M3 can conducting.
During very first time section T1, can apply the back biased voltage of transistor seconds M2, the 3rd transistor M3 can conducting simultaneously.When the 3rd transistor turns, can be reset at the voltage that is applied to the second node N2 during the previous time period through the 3rd transistor M3, the 5th transistor M5 and Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
In the beginning of the second time period T2, can the HIGH led control signal be provided to i light emitting control line Ei, make the 4th transistor M4 and the 5th transistor M5 end.
In the beginning of the 3rd time period T3, can stop the HIGH led control signal is provided to i-1 led control signal line Ei-1.During the 3rd time period T3, can sweep signal be provided to sweep trace Si.When sweep signal was provided to sweep trace Si, the first transistor M1 and the 3rd transistor M3 can conductings.When the first transistor M1 conducting, can data-signal be provided to first electrode of transistor seconds M2 through the first transistor M1 from data line Dj.At this moment, because the voltage of the second node N2 that during very first time T1 section, can reset, so transistor seconds M2 can conducting.When transistor seconds M2 conducting, can data-signal be provided to the second node N2 through transistor seconds M2 and the 3rd transistor M3.At this moment, holding capacitor Cst can charge into the corresponding voltage of threshold voltage with data-signal and transistor seconds M2.Can confirm experimentally and be provided with the magnitude of voltage of data-signal, stably to control the channel width of transistor seconds M2.
When the 3rd time period T3 finishes, can stop the LOW sweep signal is provided to sweep trace Si.When stopping that led control signal is provided to i-1 light emitting control line Ei-1, the voltage of the second node N2 can reduce.
During the 4th time period T4, can the LOW sweep signal be provided to sweep trace Si, can stop the HIGH led control signal is provided to i light emitting control line Ei.When stopping that the LOW sweep signal is provided to sweep trace Si, the voltage of sweep trace Si can be increased to the 4th voltage V4 from LOW voltage.The voltage of the second node N2 also can be increased to predetermined voltage through boost capacitor Cb according to the amount of the voltage of the increase of sweep trace Si, as describing in detail below.When the voltage of the second node N2 increases, can be with the gray level display image of expectation.Specifically, can show image through with the voltage increase of the second node N2 and because the electric charge of the capacitor parasitics of data line Dj and holding capacitor Cst is shared the as many voltage of voltage that loses with expectation gray level.
Can confirm the amount of voltage of the increase of the second node N2 according to the amount of the voltage of the increase of sweep trace Si and according to the electric capacity of boost capacitor Cb and holding capacitor Cst.The electric capacity of holding capacitor Cst can be set to be higher than the electric capacity of boost capacitor Cb.Therefore, the voltage of the second node N2 can increase with data-signal owing to electric charge is shared the as many voltage of voltage lose.
When stopping that during the 4th time period T4 the HIGH led control signal is provided to i light emitting control line Ei, the 4th transistor M4 and the 5th transistor M5 can conductings.At this moment, transistor seconds M2 can be provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED from the first power supply ELVDD through the 4th transistor M4 and the 5th transistor M5 with electric current, and wherein, the amount of electric current is corresponding with the voltage that is applied to the second node N2.Therefore, Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light with predetermined luminance.
Exemplary embodiment is disclosed here, though adopted subordinate concept, only on general and descriptive meaning but not use and explain these subordinate concepts from restrictive purpose.For example; First to the 5th transistor M1 to M5 is depicted as the pmos type transistor in Fig. 3, but it should be understood that first to the 5th transistor M1 to M5 may be implemented as nmos type transistor; In this case, they can come with the waveform of polarity with anti-phase to be driven.Therefore, what those skilled in the art will appreciate that is under the situation of the spirit and scope of the present invention of in not breaking away from like claim, setting forth, can make various changes aspect form and the details.
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1. an OLED comprises scanner driver, data driver, pixel, and scanner driver is used for sequentially sweep signal being provided to sweep trace and sequentially led control signal being provided to the light emitting control line; Data driver is used for data-signal is provided to data line; Pixel arrangement is in the point of crossing of sweep trace, data line and light emitting control line, and wherein, each pixel comprises Organic Light Emitting Diode, transistor seconds, the first transistor, the 3rd transistor; Transistor seconds is used to control the amount of the electric current that is provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode; The first transistor is combined between first electrode of i sweep trace, data line and transistor seconds, when sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, and the first transistor conducting; The 3rd transistor junction is combined between the gate electrode and second electrode of transistor seconds; When sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, the 3rd transistor turns
It is characterized in that each pixel also comprises holding capacitor, holding capacitor is combined between the gate electrode of i-1 light emitting control line and transistor seconds, and wherein, i is an integer.
2. OLED as claimed in claim 1, wherein, each pixel also comprises boost capacitor, said boost capacitor is combined between the gate electrode and i sweep trace of transistor seconds.
3. OLED as claimed in claim 2, wherein, each pixel also comprises:
The 4th transistor is combined between the transistor seconds and first power supply, when time-out is provided to i light emitting control line with led control signal, and the 4th transistor turns;
The 5th transistor is combined between second electrode and Organic Light Emitting Diode of transistor seconds, when time-out is provided to i light emitting control line with led control signal, and the 5th transistor turns.
4. OLED as claimed in claim 1, wherein, scanner driver provides led control signal that is provided to i light emitting control line and the sweep signal that is provided to i-1 sweep trace and i sweep trace, makes that led control signal and sweep signal are overlapping.
5. OLED as claimed in claim 1; Wherein, When led control signal was provided to i-1 light emitting control line, the magnitude of voltage of i-1 light emitting control line was set to be higher than the magnitude of voltage that when time-out is provided to the i sweep trace with sweep signal, is provided to the i sweep trace.
6. OLED as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the electric capacity of holding capacitor is set to be higher than the electric capacity of boost capacitor.
7. method that is used to drive OLED; Said OLED comprises having the gate electrode that is combined in driving transistors and the pixel of the holding capacitor between the i-1 light emitting control line; Wherein, i is an integer, and the said method that is used to drive OLED comprises:
Led control signal is provided to i-1 light emitting control line, with the voltage of the gate electrode that increases driving transistors;
Time-out is provided to led control signal i-1 light emitting control line and simultaneously sweep signal is provided to the i sweep trace, so that the voltage corresponding with the threshold voltage of data-signal and driving transistors is charged in the holding capacitor;
To be provided to Organic Light Emitting Diode with the voltage current corresponding that charges in the holding capacitor.
8. the method that is used to drive OLED as claimed in claim 7; Also comprise: adopt the boost capacitor between the gate electrode that is arranged in i sweep trace and driving transistors, be used for when time-out is provided to the i sweep trace with sweep signal, increasing the voltage of the gate electrode of driving transistors.
9. the method that is used to drive OLED as claimed in claim 7; Wherein, When led control signal was provided to i-1 light emitting control line, the magnitude of voltage of i-1 light emitting control line was set to be higher than the magnitude of voltage that when time-out is provided to the i sweep trace with sweep signal, is provided to the i sweep trace.
10. the method that is used to drive OLED as claimed in claim 8, wherein, the electric capacity of holding capacitor is set to be higher than the electric capacity of boost capacitor.
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